Segmented capacitive sensor, and related systems, methods and devices
AssigneeAtmel Technologies U.K. Limited
InventorsJohn Dubery, Samuel Daniel Brunet
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Abstract
Disclosed are segmented sensors and related systems, methods, and devices. In one embodiment, a capacitive sensor includes a first gird of sensor lines, a second grid of sensor lines, and an isolating region defined between the first grid of sensor lines and the second grid of sensor lines. Also disclosed are touch controllers configured for operable coupling to, and detecting touches at, a segmented sensor, and related systems, methods, and devices. In one embodiment, connectors of a touch controllers are configured for operable coupling to sensing lines from different segments of a segmented sensor and touch controllers are configured to detect touches at the different segments.
Claims25
A capacitive sensing system, comprising:
- a segmented sensor comprising rows of sensing lines and columns of sensing lines;
- and
- one or more touch controllers operatively coupled to the segmented sensor.
A capacitive sensor, comprising:
- a first gird of sensor lines;
- a second grid of sensor lines;
- and
- an isolating region defined between the first grid of sensor lines and the second grid of sensor lines.
A touch controller, comprising:
- a processor;
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- a non-transitory storage medium, the non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, are adapted to enable the processor to:
- determine touch location information responsive to one or more sensed signals, wherein the touch location information corresponds to a location at a segmented sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.